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COLUMBUS, - - - NEBRASKA
PERSONAL.
Stewart M. Brice, son of the late
United States Senator Calvin Brice of
Ohio, was declared insane in New
York.
Rear Admiral Evans declined a ten
tative offer of a house from admirers
in Los Angeles.
Frank Spence was convicted at
Prcscdtt, Ariz., of the murder of Ed
gar' R. Sullivan and sentenced to
death.
Mulai Hafid. the ,new sultan of Mo
rocco, "has definitely accepted the Al
geciras act and the attendant condi
tions laid down by the powers for the
recognition of his sultanate.
Elliott A. Archer, wanted at Newark,
X. J., to answer charges of forgery in
volving" $70,000, was released from
custody at Seattle, Wash., Gov. Mead
having refused to honor the requisi
tion for him.
President Roosevelt, while driving,
narrowly escaped being run down by
a fire hose cart.
Bishop Hendrix of Kansas City, of
the M. E. Church south was elected
president of the Federal Council of the
churches of Christ in America at
Philadelphia.
Herbert L. Satterlee of New York
was sworn in as assistant secretary of
the navy.
Ill health is given as the cause of
the retirement of Miss Margaret 111
ington from the stage, which was an
nounced by her husband, Daniel Froh-
nian.
Representative Theodore Burton of
Cleveland, O., has been offered, by
President-elect Taft the portfolio of
secretary of the treasury.
Robert F. Maddox was elected may
or of Atlanta. Ga., by a majority of
3,000 votes, over James G. Woodward,
regular Democratic nominee and
twice mayor of the city.
President Roosevelt apponted Daniel
J. Keefe of Detroit. Mich., commissioner-general
of immigration to succeed
the late Frank P. Sargent.
Herbert L. Satterlee of New York,
son-in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan, was
offered the position of assistant secre-,
tary of the navy.
Ned W. Barton, former assistant
examiner in the patent office, pleaded
guilty, to four indictments against him
charging fraud in electric light pat
ents and was sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary.
Samuel B. Donnelly of New York,
the newly-appointed public printer,
took the oath of office and filed his
bond.
GENERAL NEWS.
Wreckage which has come ashore
at Cape Ray leaves little room for
doubt that the sturdy little steamer
Soo City, which for 20 years plied as
an excursion vessel on the Great
Lakes, went down with her crew in
the midst of the gale that lashed the
Newfoundland coast for two days.
She was on her way to the Gulf of
Mexico and carried a crew of 28 men.
Mrs. Abble Rice"complefed her testi
mony in the Davis trial at Omaha by
relating the extraordinary agreement
which she says Dr. Rustin made with
Davis, whereby Davis was to kill the
physician in return for poison with
which to commit suicide.
The controversy between the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg and
the engineers was amicably settled.
The United States cruiser Yankee,
which had been aground in Buzzards
bay for ten weeks, has been floated.
A revolution has begun in Salvador
under the leadership of former Vice
President Prudenclo Alfaro. The cities
of Ahuacbapan, Usutulan and Santana
have been captured by the revolution
ists. The conference of the powers called
by Great Britain to frame a code of
laws for naval warfare and to form
the international prize court recom
mended by The Hague congress, was
opened at the foreign office in London.
Standard Oil prosecutions in Hamil
ton county, O., were, dismissed at the
request of the prosecuting attorney.
The Round Mountain Banking cor
poration of Round Mountain, New,
closed. its, doors because of bad. loans.
Lystia Wahoo Winnebago, a girl stu
dent n't Carlisle Indian school, eloped
with Joseph Twin, an Indian from the
west
Pu-Yi, the three-year-old son of
Prince Chun, ascended the Dragon
throne and was crowned emperor of
China under the name of Hsuan Tung.
British officers working iamong the
Sikhs and Hindus of. the Pacific coast,
unearthed the details of a proposed
uprislng'agalnst British rule in India,
to take place in April.
T,he business section of Beckville.
Tex., was burned, the loss being
$200,000.
The Stearns Salt & Lumber Company
of Ludlngton. Mich., was fined $10,000
for accepting rebates from the Pare
Marquette .
While out hunting rabbits. Will
Hough, aged. IS years, shot and killed
his brother Guy, aged 25 years, near
Mason City, la.
The government refused to let the
citizen's of Pine Bluff, Ark., cut
through a levee to save the town; and
every available man was put to "work
strengthening the river-banks.
Race riots in Prague became so
serious that it seemed probable mar
tial law wovld be declared. ,.!
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Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Mariani,
daughter of Mayor Tom Johnson of
Cleveland, O., was granted a divorce .
.Malvern Hill, the historic colonial '
! residence 17 miles below Richmond oh
James river, belonging to William H.
Hall of New York, was completely der j
stroyed by nre. ' '
Three Dutch warships made a dem
onstration against Venezuela by
steaming along its coast from Puerto
Cabello to La Gualra.
v.Nord Alexis, president of Hayti, was
deposed by the people of Port au
Prince, attacked insulted and ,cursed,
and. took refuge on a French vessel!
Gen. Legitime -..-as proclaimed his suc
cessor. For many hours during the night
following the flight of Nord Alexis, de
posed presid'ent of Hayti, riot and pil
lage prevailed in Port au Prince. Final:
ly troops fired on the mob, killing 12,
wounding many and dispersing the
rest
Unable to withstand the continued
pressure of the water hurled against it
through the civerting of the current of
the Arkansas river, the result of the
dynamiting operations, the government
dyke at the foot of Alabama street.
Pine Bluff, Ark., several blocks south
of the former danger zone, was washed
away for a distance of 200 yards.
Poison conveyed in a letter is be
lieved to have caused the death of)
Henry Boas, a salesman for an electric
company in San Francisco.
Seventeen fishermen perished in a,
storm which lashed the Newfoundland
coast for 48 hours.
A $15,000 pearl necklace stolen from
the home of Frank G. Jones in Mem
phis. Tenn., on the night of February
10 last, was recovered in New York.
It belongs to Garrett E. Lamb of Clin
ton, la.
Alexander Shipoff, millionaire pro
prietor of the Neva ferry line and one
ot the richest men of St Petersburg,
was condemned to six months' impris
onment on the charge of criminal neg
ligence in conection with the founder
ing of the ferry steamer Archangelsk.
Gen. Ismail Mahir Pasha, a former
aide-de-camp of the sultan, who inves
tigated the revolutionary movement in
the army last May, and who was con
sidered to have been a spy of the old
regime was assassinated by an army
officer.
Ex-Mayor Adolphus Seebohin of
Pomeroy, O., committed suicide in a
loom In Gallipolis, O., by blowing his
biains out with a pistol.
Timothy R. Palmer, who resigned
recently as president of the Minnesota
Mutual Life Insurance Company, com
mitted suicide in St Paul because of
ill health.
Thirty-five Japanese fishing boats
were wrecked in a typhoon, 350 men
losing their lives.
John Gill, a jail turnkey at Jackson,
Miss., committed suicide. His only
explanation was he had tried to be a
gentleman and failed.
Burglars blew open the safe of the
First National bank of Pepperell,
Mass., took $14,000.. and escaped in an
automobile.
The Federal Council of the Church
of Christ In America was formally
opened in the Academy of Music at
Philadelphia with impressive ceremo
nies. A prepossessing and richly-gowned
young woman, who had registered at a
Brooklyn hotel as Mrs. S. H. Falconer
of Sioux Falls, S. D., committed sui
cide by shooting.
Fire destroyed the clothing and jew
elry store of Anthony Shapiro at Dick
son City, Pa., and Mr. Shapiro, a son
and daughter and Mrs. Shapiro's par
ents lost their lives.
The will of the late Delos Blodgett
of Grand Rapids left an estate valued
at $12,000,000 to his three children.
News was received of the sinking
of the Japanese steamer Ginsel Maru,
70 lives being lost
Martial law was proclaimed in
Prague because of the riots between
Czechs and Germans.
The rule of Nord Alexis, president
of Hayti, is nearly ended, for he can
not stop the steady advance of the
revolutionists. Gen. Antoine Simon is
about to attack Jacmel, and will then
resume his march on the capital.
The celebration of the diamond jubi
lee of Emperor Francis Joseph began
with an illumination of Vienna more
gorgeous than anything ever before
seen. The crowd was so dense that
two persons were killed and many
others injured.
The supreme court of the United
States reversed the decision of the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Virginia, holding to
be unconstitutional the order of the
state railroad commission fixing a two
cent passenger rate on state business,
the effect being to uphold the order.
Chief of Police Biggey of San Fran
cisco was drowned off Alcatraz island.
Canada will be 'represented at the
Seattle exhibition next spring, the
government having decided to make
an appropriation.
Four armed men held up a street car
in New York and robbed the passen
gers. Edward Ward Vanderbilt of Brook
lyn, husband of the "spiritualistic
bishop," Mary Ann Scannell-Pepper-Vanderbilt,
was declared sane by a
sheriff's jury.
Mrs. Nicholas P. Errington of Chi
cago killed her 11-year-old daughter
Theresa and herself in. a Memphis ho
tel by means of poison. Her husband
could give no explanation of his wife's
deed.
John Alan White, 20 years, old, of
Walton, N. Y., a student in the Yale
graduate school, committed suicide by
jumping from the top of West Rock
to the ground below, a distance of 100
feet
A plot to overthrow the government
of President Figueroa of Salvador was
discovered and frustrated. Martial law
was proclaimed.
Lee Levy and Adolph S. Asher, li
quor dealers, were found guilty in the
federal court at St Louis of sending
improper advertisements through the
mails and of sending liquors bearing
improper .abels by express. The case
is the celebrated gin-label affair that
played a prominent part In the Prohl-
Ki:nn .. t nt
The will of Mrs. William Astor of
New York, filed for probate, disposes
of real estate worth "as much as $50,
000 and personal property as much as
$100,000." Two daughters Mrs. WQ-
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SECOND SESSION OF SIXTIETH
BEGAN MONDAY.
LITTLE BUSINESS FIRST DAY
Message of President to be Read
Tuesday and Thereafter the Reg
ular Grind Will Begin.
Washington. Monday at 12 o'clock
botht houses of congress will will con
vene for the beginning of the second
session of the Sixtieth congress. Vice
President Fairbanks and Speaker Can
non will preside.
In the senate ex-Governor Cummins
of Iowa will take the oath of office as
the successor of Senator Allison of
that state, as will Carroll S. Page of
Vermont as the successor of Senator
.Stewart
In the house the seven members
elected in November to fill vacancies
also will be sworn in. They are Henry
A. Barnhart, democrat, who succeeds
the late Mr. Brick, republican, Thir
teenth Indiana district; Albert Esto
pinal, democrat, who succeeds the late
Mr. Meyer, First Louisiana district;
Otto G; Foelker, republican, successor
to Mr. DunwelL republican. Third New
York district; Frank F. Guernsey,
republican, successor to Mr. Powers,
republican, Fourth Maine district;
Eben M. Martin, republican, successor
to Mr. Parker, republican, South Da
kota, at-large; O. C. Wiley, democrat.
Second Alabama district and John P.
Swasey, republican, successor to Mr.
Littlefield, Second Maine district.
The two houses will appoint com
mittees each to notify the other house
and the president that congress is or
ganized for business. The senate
will then adjourn for the day out of
respect to the memory of the late Sen
ator Allison. The house will also
terminate its brief session with resolu
tions commemorative of the lives of
Messrs. Parker, South Dakota; Wiley.
Alabama; Dunwell, New York, and
Powers, Maine.
Tuesday will be given up to the
reading of the president's message. As
this is President Roosevelt's last an
nual message, there is unusual inter
est in It The general report Is that
it will prove to be a conservative and
carefully prepared document and that
few recommendations for legislation
will be ventured upon.
The house likely will begin business,
Wednesday by considering the bill
providing the means for the taking of
the thirteenth census. It is the ex
pectation of Mr. Tawney, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, that
his committee will be prepared to
report the bill making appropriation
for the legislative, executive and judi
cial branches of the government be
fore the end of the week, and its con
sideration will be begun at the first
practical moment.
The senate has agreed to take up the
bill for the establishment of postal
savings banks and Senator Foraker's
bill authorizing the re-enlistment of
the negro soldiers who were dis
charged on account of the Brownsville
riot of 1906.
Party leaders expect that little legis
lation other than the appropriation
bill will be attempted. These aggre
gate $100,000,000.
Removed to Arlington.
Washington Having been buried
for nearly a century ia an obscure
corner of Digge's farm in Maryland,
near here, the body of Major L.'Enfant,
an engineer officer of the Colonial
army who assisted George Washing
ton in laying out the national capital,
is to be removed at government ex
pense, with military ceremonies, to
Arlington cemetery, in Virginia.
Magoon Confers With Wright.
Wlashington Governor Magoon
of
Cuba arrived here and nad a confer
ence with Secretary of War Wright
relative to the methods to be em
ployed in the withdrawal of American
troops from Cuba and on other mat
ters relating to the government of the
island.
Findlay Cases All Nolled.
Findlay, Ohio Standard Oil prose
cutions in this county came to a sud
den termination when, at the request
of Prosecuting Attorney David, all the
indictments against the company were
nolle pressed.
CUBAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED.
President, Secretary Wright and Gov
ernor Magoon Hold Conference.
Washington Governor Magoon of
Cuba and Secretary Wright held a
conference with President Roosevelt
Sunday night. It is understood that
Cuban affairs in general were dis
cussed and particularly the question
whether the United States should
withdraw all of its troops from Cuba
when this government relinquishes
control of the island next February.
Spokane Has an Apple Show.
Spokane, Wash. President Roose
velt will press a button at 10:30 Mon
day morning, Pacific time, which will
give the signal for the formal open
ing of the National Apple show, to be
held in Spokane from December 7 to
12. The exhibits, ranging all the
way from a single apple to a carload,
aggregate twenty carloads. The exhibit
is the greatest and finest exhibition of
apples, apple products and imple
ments and machinery associated with
the cultivation of the apple that has
ever been 'assembled anywhere.
Mr. Bryan in Texas.
Aastin, Texas William j. Bryan
arrived here Sunday and addressed
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion and an Elks memorial celebra
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will leave
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NEBRASKA NEWS, AND NOTES.'!'
Items of Greater Leaser Impor
j tr nee Overs the State.
A lateyenture launched In Seward
is a-roller skating rink.
Tne Rock Island road has paid its
taxes in Gage Coanty, amounting. to
$9,505.95. .
Wolves are causing farmers and
sheep men a good deal of annoyance
in the vicinity of Clarkson.
The county clerk issued fifty-nine
hunting and fishing licenses in, Cuming
county during the season.
The schools at Spencer were closed
for two weeks on account of several
cases of. illness among the pupils.
There are some cases of. diphtheria
in Schuyler and vigorous efforts are
'being put forth to prevent its spread
ing. The treasurer of Otoe county has
paid Into the state the sum of $6,
384. taxes from this year's November
levy.
Rev. William Axling and wife, who
have been sojourning in the vicinity
of Gothenburg for a time, have gone
to Japan as missionaries.
The members of the 'United Evan
gelical church at Blue Springs have
spent over $400 during the year in im
proving their church property.
me Bancroft Creamery company has
suspended business for th'e winter for
the reason inat sufficient cream to run
the plant was not obtainable.
A grain of corn in the windpipe of a
little son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Conett
of Baker, Boyd county, resulted in the
lad's death after several days of in
tense suffering.
Will Gregory, while out hunting with
a party of men from Arcadia, accident
ally shot himself in the right arm just'
above the elbow. The wound is not
thought serious.
As recompense for the crippled
hands she will have during the rest
of her life, a jury in district court
.gave Martha M. Johnson of Omaha a
.verdict for $2,750 against a laundry
company.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get the
best service for the least money. Ne
braska Telephone Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. "Use the
Bell."
Governor Sheldon has reappointed
Mrs. C. S. Carscadden of York and
Mrs. Dr. Towne of Omaha members
of the advisory and visiting board of
the Nebraska Industrial home at Mil
ford. The tuberculosis exhibit under the
national association for the study and
prevention of tuberculosis, which has
been in Fremont for a week, will be
.continued one more and possibly two
more weeks.
Several ork and Fillmore county
farmers have recently been soaked
and worked by two agents who inter
est farmers by leaving goods with
them and getting them to sign a re
ceipt which turns up as a promis
sory note in the hands of innocent
purchasers.
Corn on Dan V. Stephens' farm near
North Bend on land that was re
cently tilled is going from thirty-five to
sixty bushels to the acre, the best in
the country On this same land the
cows used to mire down and were
dragged out of the swamp at the end
of a long rope.
E. D. Wood, who lives in Todd
Creek precinct, Johnson county, set a
number of pheasant eggs under hens
last spring. His success was not the
.best, but he succeeded jn raising three
imale birds. They are very beauti
ful. Mr. Wood expects to increase his
iflock next spring by adding a number
of female birds.
As an evidence that farm land in
Johnson county, already thought to
be high in price, is steadily going up.
the sale of Paul Huston's farm is giv
en. Mr. Huston's place included
eighty acres and is two miles west
of Tecumseh. The improvements are
ordinary. Wallace Faris paid $4,500
for it, or $112.50 per acre.
The corner stone for the $80,000
high school building at Beatrice, was
laid last week.
Some of the youthful corn growers
of Dodge county who won prizes in
the recent corn contest will have a
chance to compete for prizes in the
National Corn Show, which is to he
held in Omaha. December 9 to 19.
The Commercial club completed ar
rangements which insure the Im
mediate transfer to Fremont and its
enlargement there of the Hastings
'Pressed Brick company, a branch en
terprise of the Western Brick and Sup
ply company of Hastings.
The new Methodist church at Kear
ney; costing $38,000, has been dedi
cated. Frederick J. Hetzel of Gordon at
tained his 90th. birthday last week
and the event was celebrated by a
family reunion and turkey dinner.
Grandpa Hetzel came to America
from Baden-Baden, Germany, and set
tled with bis parents in Oneida coun
ty, New York, when he was 9 years
old. He moved from New York to
Hamilton county, Iowa, where he re
mained until 1887. when he moved
with his wife and family to Sheridan
county, Nebraska.
Secretary Royse of the state bank
ing board has issued a call for reports
of the condition of the state banks at
the close of business November 27.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for national bank reports
on the same date.
uty-one years ago, according to the
old settlers of Fremont, turkey was
more plentiful for Thanksgiving than
this year. J. J. Hawthorne says that
wild turkeys were numerous on the
islands in the Platte and that on his
first Thanksgiving in Fremont he had
wild turkey and venison for dinner.
From one bushel of the very best
seed corn planted last spring Charles
Detloff, a tenant farmer living east
of Bradshaw, gathered 540 bushels of
corn.
Three of Lincoln's fourteen patrol
men were shorn of their stars and sent
out to face winter minus their jobs.
There were serious charges against
them.
Requisition was granted by the
governor for Virginia Amos, who 's
iwanted in St Clair county, Illinois, to
answer to the charge of murder.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALLJ
CITIZENS.
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REESE AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE
This is, the Title He Will Bear Until
a Successor is Chosen in the
Year 1914-
The Chief Justiceship.
Judge M. B. Reese will bear the
title of chief justice of the supreme
court from now until a successor is
chosen, who will take his place in.
1914. This was announced the past
week, after a meeting of the new aug-:
mented court. Judge Barnes has held
the title aa ranking member of the
court.
The change was made in accordance
with the interpretation which the
judges placed upon the amendment
providing for the enlarged court. This
provides for the election of three
judges in 1909. They will fill the":
places made vacant by expiration of,
the terms of Judges Barnes, Sullivan:
and Fawcett In 1911 three will be
elected to fill the places at the expira
tion of the terms of Judge Letton..
Root and Rose. In 1913 one judge is,'
to be, elected to fill the place of Judge;
Reese. The constitution in providing"
for the elections makes the judge to'
be elected in 1913 and each six years:
thereafter chief justice. It also pro-'
vldes that the judge whose term ex
pires at that time shall be chief
justice until then.
That the four remaining members;
of the old commission will continue
to serve the state am draw salaries
for a time yet is indicated from the
fact that at the first sitting of the
court seven cases were assigned to
the commission for argument. The
court assigned thirteen cases for ar
gument before itself.
Judge Sullivan was not present
when the court met and. assigned
cases. He arrived later and qualified
immediately, sitting with the court
later to hear argument. Rose, Root-
and Fawcett were already in Lincoln.
Judge Sullivan has since, tendered his
resignation and the same has been ac
cepted. The commissioners whose places
will cease to exist sometime between
now and the first of April are E. R.
Duffie, E. C. Calkins, A. C. Epperson,
and E. E. Good. The commission will;
probably be continued until after the
cases which are in the hands of these
four members have been decided. It'
is not likely, however, that they will'
hear any further cases after the'
present sitting. t
Sullivan's Withdrawal Regretted.
Genuine and general regret has
been expressed on all sides at the de-
termination of Judge Sullivan to re-,
linquish the place on the supreme
bench offered him by Governor Shel-'
rinn. At. the same timA it is freelv iiil.i
mittcd. that Judge Sullivan could not!
Jn justice to himself, have done other
than he did.
There seems to have been a pretty
general feeling, however, that Judge
Sullivan's re-election to the bench
next year, had he cared to enter the
race, would have been without ques
tion. A dozen prominent republicans,
including several state officers, have
said that they believed no man in the
state better qualified for the place
than Judge Sullivan and that they
would be glad of the opportunity to
vote for him.
There is some criticism of Gov.
Sheldon for not making Judge Sulli
van one of the three-year appointees.
It Is possible that, had this been done,
the resignation would not have been
tendered.
More Room Needed.
State Land Commissioner H. M.
Eaton will recommend in his annual
report that, owing to the crowded con
dition of the state capitol building,
the legislature must either abolish
seme of the new departments it has
created or fit up the basement for
office rooms, or move the state library
and the department of justice to the
proposed historical building across the
street from tne capitol grounds. The
latter can be done if the legislature
makes an appropriation for a histori
cal building large enbugh to accommo
date both the society and the depart
ment which it is proposed to house
In the building.
Insurance Company Withdraws.
The Mutual Surety company of New
York has notified Insurance Deputy
Pierce that it has withdrawn from
the state and has so informed its
agents. The company was admitted -o
do business in Nebraska in 190fi and
has been doing business here since.
While no explanation of its withdraw
al was given, it is supposed by the
insurance department that its Nebras
ka business did not justify it taking
out a license for the coming j'ear.
Maupin to Change Tactics.
Will M. Maupin. who has been chos
en labor commissioner by Governor
Elect Shallenberger, will adopt a few
different ideas about the management
of tne bureau. "Mr.' Ryder has done
a great work in gathering agricultural
statistics and calling attention to the
resources of the state." said Mr.
Maupin. "and I shall endeavor to keep
up that record. However, while try
ing to keep that work up to its pres
ent standard. I shall devote consider
able time to industrial statistics and
endeavor to get more information."
Gubernatorial Inauguration.
The democrats not only intend to
make the inauguration of Governor
elect Fhal'ertbcrger an event notable
in 'die history of such afi'airs, but it is
now their intention to follow up 'he
inaugural caremonles with a banq-:et
the next night. While definite plans
have not yet been made, the tip has
gene out to the faithful to be reidy
to come to Lincoln to participate 'n
the grand festival. The idea, it is
entrl rrrioinatfd -with thA new inrrr-
aor-elect and much of the plans will I
be left to him. I
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BrMbrnfitr.
Get a road drag and then drag.
The lazy hen is not apt to be
layer.
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Cleanliness is essential to success
ful poultry raising.
Do your hauling in the mornings
when the ground is firm.
The care of bees is a healthy, easy
and profitable work for wemec.
The good brood sow should be kept
as long as she is able to raise a good
litter.
Oil meal is 32 per cent, protein. A
little in each feed for the cows is ex
cellent. Spread the manure as fast as it is
made. The manure spreader makes
the task an easy one.
It has been said that a torse Is no
better than the feet he stands on.
Look well to the hoofs.
It Is wet, not cold, which hurts
sheep. Keep them dry and they, can
stand lots of cold weather.
Two-year-old geese are best for
breeding purposes. Sell off the sur
plus stock. It won't pay to winter.
The low-wheeled wagon will prove
a mighty handy thing on any farm.
Get a set of low-down wheels and try
them.
The man who keeps no stock be
cause feed is high makes a mistake
from which both his and and his
pocket book will suffer.
The road drag is one of the tools
which should not be put away. Keep
it going over your strip of road every
good chance you get. It is especially
effective after rains.
Plan to lay in a supply of ice this
winter. Get a place ready to store it.
A good serviceable house can be put
up cheaply, and enough ice stored to
last all next summer.
How about the dust bath for the
hens during the winter. Place the
box where it will get the sun and
then watcli the joy of the hens as
they revel in the soft, powdery stuff.
This is the season when you ought
to be planning out the next season's
work. Take pride in having your
road team look sleek and trim. Rub
up the harness, and if the buggy or
wagon is old and shabby, and you do
not feel able to buy a new one, paint
and fix the old one up.
Don't expect to improve your stock
without expense. The cost of the
scrub cannot in any sense to taken
as the measure of cost of producing
the thoroughbred. Just as the im
proved animal Is intrinsically worth
more money to the buyer, so it is un
reasonable to suppose that it should
not cost more money.
Seed corn should be selected from
that which matured before the first
frost and which has been thoroughly
dried and then kept in a dry place.
Late corn, or corn stored when it con
tained a considerable amount of mois
ture, is likely not to be fertile, be
cause freezing tends to kill the germ
when moisture is present.
When the daily vessels to be scald
ed are cold, remember that the first
application of boiling water does not
scald them properly, the coldness of
the tin reducing the temperature of
the water below the scalding point
The only certain way of scalding tin
pails and pans is to apply the scalding
water after the vessels have been
heated by a preliminary rinsing :n hot
water.
The government is making experi
ments in the practical value of shelter
belts of trees for homesteads, stock
buildings, and orchards. Something
for you to think about Are your
buildings or orchard so exposed to the
bleak winds of winter and the violent
winds of summer as to suffer? Trees
of the right kind, planted in the best
way and the best place will mean not
only comfort but profit.
If a farmer sells hogs at ten dollars
and buys them back in the shape of
ham, bacon and pork at $18, whv
should it not pay him to butcher and
pack meat for bis own use? And if
the handsome profit of eight dollars
per hog over the live selling price
can be realized for himself why would
it not be profitable to pack twice or
three times as much as he needs for
himself and sell it? Perhaps it would
pay him to.igure on butchering 30 or
40 hogs and curing and packing the
meat
In tying wool do not use sisal twine,
use hemp. The former will hurt the
sale of your product and for this rea
son: Small bits of the sisal fiber get
into the wool and not taking dyes,
must be picked out by hand. This oc
casions a loss of sometimes as much
as five cents per pound, which must
sventually come from the producer
since manufacturers learn what sort
of stuff is to be expected from a re-
gion and bid for it accordingly. The
twines recommended for use are: No.
1 hemp, or small linen.
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Keep the road drag busy after every
rain or soft spell.
Rye pasture is good for hogs,
member this next season.
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The. run-down animal is hard; to
bring back to normal condHdem again.
When lean pork is desired, more
protein feed and less com should be
fed.
Spring time is grafting time. Cut
the scions the latter part of the win
ter. i :?" l '"
In breeding sows there is great
economy in having the litters come
near together.
Increase the fertility of yor land
if yon would have increased erons and
an increased bank accoont.
Every farmer's boy ought to- be am
bitious to bet a course of training at
the state agricultural college.
Galls and sores on horses nine
times out of ten resuit frosi ill-fitting
harness. littio care' will prevent it
A scratching shed for the hens with
lots of sunshine, is a necessity if you
are to get the best results from your
flock.
With any new feed begin slow. A
radical change in diet Is always a
shock to an animal and does them no
good.
With feed high there is all the more
necessity for providing good. warm,
light stables to get the most out of
the feed.
After tests, the Nebraska experi
ment station finds that alfalfa hay
produced ten per cent, moro miTk than
prairie hay.
Now is the season when the dairy
farmer with his silo full of well-matured
corn is going to reap the bene
fits of his efforts.
A brush is preferable to a cloth in
cleaning milk utensils, because th
brush gets into the cornors and
crevices as the cloth cannot.
If the stable has not been white
washed do it the first nice warm day.
It will sweeten things up and make
the stable more fit for the horses.
Be sure and provide some succulent
feed for the poultry during the win
ter. Care in this direction will make
for healthier hens and more eggs.
Hot water fomentation of the
bruised or congested udder is the best
treatment that can be given. He
persistent and you will got results.
Here is how one man manages to
plow and harrow at h.e same time.
He hitches one horse to a single sec
tion of the harrow and ties the halter
to the furrow horse's singletree.
Be r.ure the chickens get plenty of
water during this freezing weather.
Don't compel them to peck through
the ice to satisfy their thirst See
that water with the chill taken off
is provided.
Even though the margin of profit re
alized on your stock over the price of
the feed consumed is small, remember
that the manure left behind by the
animal represents a money value
which is worth considering.
A farmer who has tried it says that
sweet clover can be killed out of an
orchard by plowing tho ground and
giving the orchard clean cultivation
two or three seasons. Mowing the
clover frequently during tho summer
and letting the stalks lie on the ground
will prove effective, also, it Is said.
Insist on cleanliness in those who
do the milking. Before milking they
should wash their hands with soap
and should then thoroughly dry them.
The finger nails should also be cleaned.
As little dust as possible should be
stirred up. Dust from moldy hay
will float around and fall into the
milk.
We are sorry to say it. but with
most farmers it is purely guess work
as to whether his cows are paying
their way or not. They are strangers,
to the milk scales and the Babcock
tester, and they do not care for any
new ideas about balanced-rations, use
of silage, etc., and the result is that
they barely grub out a Ihring. But
thank goodness such termers are
growing less every year.
The henhouse should have xorabte
roosts and dropping board. Ta drop
ping board should be made l smooth
lumber for easy cleaning, and be
placed not higher than three feet from
the floor so that heavy fowls may
easily fly up to It and not injure them
selves in jumping from it Tho space
on the floor under the dropping board
will be clean and give more- room for
the fowls for exercise on cold r
stormy days.
Some farmers who go off en a trip
leaving the wife home to ran tsfngs
on the farm can't get away from the
notion that they're the ones that need
rest and sympathy when they are at
home, as is suggested by the following
story from the New York HeraM.
Mr. Farmer, as you read it ask your
self the question: "Does the story
hit me?" The owner of tho farm had
been enjoying himself at the county
fair while his hard-w-rklg -wife
stayed at home to see that tho farm
suffered no loss in his absence:
"Well, Sarah," said the owner upon
his return. "I'm about all tired out
Is the cows In the barn?" "Yes. long
since," replied his wife. tarsTy look
ing np from the task then hi bad.
"Is the hosses unharnessed an fed?"
"Yes." "Chickens locked up?" "Yes."
"Wood chopped for mornin'? "Yes."
"Wagon wheel mended an ready t'
start in th' mornin'? "Yes.- "Well,
then," concluded the exhausted own
er, with a sigh of relief, "let me save
my supper. I'm going t' tan - In.
Fannin's besinain t tell an me."
Up and at the hard
never' do itself.
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